KJV dictionary & concordance

scant

Meaning of “scant”

Deficient or less than the proper measure.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893Webster 1828

1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Micah 6:10

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

¶ Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Micah 6:10 · retained source text

¶ Are there yet the treasures of wickednesse in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable.

1611 marginal noteOr, is there yet vnto euery man an house of the wicked? &c.

1611 marginal noteHeb. measure of leannesse.

Source order

1 · KJV context and cross-references

Historical English dictionary sources

Scanty; deficient.

printed p. 276; PDF p. 296; Internet Archive leaf n295

Not full or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; deficient.

volume 2, leaf 527, column 3 (main_dictionary)